# Lilla — Miss Mole character guide

> Lilla in Miss Mole by E. H. Young.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Valiantly Lilla

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

Miss Mole's brisk, exasperated cousin, who installed Hannah in the Corder house and expects her to bark when necessary without making a scene.

## Who they are

Lilla is the practical relative who placed Hannah with the Corders and now resents her cousin's unsolicited hints about how to behave, greeting Hannah's loud affection with a look for a retreat. She represents the family's claim on Hannah's discretion, a claim Hannah both honors and evades. Their tense, tea-shop encounters expose the cost of Hannah's evasions, since it is to Lilla that she tells a lie that wounds her own peculiar integrity.

## Relationships

### [Miss Hannah Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/characters/miss_hannah_mole)

_friendship_

Lilla is a lively, eccentric friend who provides Miss Mole with warmth and comic relief from her daily struggles.

### [Miss Hannah Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/characters/miss_hannah_mole)

_friendship_

Lilla is a lively, eccentric friend who provides Miss Mole with warmth and comic relief from her daily struggles.

### [Miss Hannah Mole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/characters/miss_hannah_mole)

_friendship_

Lilla is a lively, eccentric friend who provides Miss Mole with warmth and comic relief from her daily struggles.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/iii)

Hannah's cousin, whom she is visiting; Hannah recalls their school days and plans to deceive her.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/iv)

Arranges for Hannah to become Mr. Corder's housekeeper, expresses concern about Hannah's past and behavior.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/v)

Contrasted with Hannah; seen as someone who can only see herself as Mrs. Spenser-Smith and has never performed heroic acts.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/vi)

Hannah awaits a letter from her; mentioned as a contact during Hannah's reconnaissance of the chapel.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/viii)

Lilla is the leading lady in the chapel, loyal to the late Mrs. Corder, and wary of Hannah's discreet responses. She introduced Miss Patsy Withers as a potential companion for Robert.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/ix)

Mentioned in Hannah's thoughts as someone who deplored her vulgar strain.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxiv)

Hannah visits her to deliver a threat about Howard; Lilla gives Hannah Christmas presents and expresses distrust of Hannah's past.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxxi)

Referred to as Mrs. Spenser-Smith, Hannah considers supplanting her as leading lady of the chapel.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/miss_mole_se/chapters/xxxii)

Meets Hannah for tea, questions her about Mr. Blenkinsop and Mr. Pilgrim, and expresses discomfort about Hannah's secrets.

## Links

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